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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 24, 1995
Filed:
Dec. 21, 1993
Applicant:
Inventors:
Ulfert C Klomp, Amsterdam, NL;
Vitold R Kruka, Houston, TX (US);
Rene Reijnhart, Amsterdam, NL;
Anton J Weisenborn, Amsterdam, NL;
Assignee:
Shell Oil Company, Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C02F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
210698 ; 252 70 ; 252 71 ; 252 77 ; 585 15 ; 585899 ; 585950 ;
Abstract
A method is provided for inhibiting the formation of hydrates in streams containing low-boiling hydrocarbons and water. The method includes adding to the stream a component of the formula: ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1, R.sub.2, and R.sub.3 are independently chosen from the group consisting of normal and branched alkyls having at least 4 carbon atoms,